List-rack



l. A. CARR.

LIST HACK.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 3,1920.

Patented. Sept. 6, 1921.

EIEFH] IliVIN A. CARR, 0F WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS.

LIST-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

Application filed July 3, 1920. Serial No. 393,794.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVIN A. CARR, a citlzen of the United States,residing at WVaukegan, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in List-Racks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a list rack and has for its primary object theconstruction of a list rack'that is capable of displaying the name ofgoods to be sold and the price thereof.

An object of the invention is the construc-' tion of a list rack thatmay be efficiently arranged in restaurants to display to patrons thename of the foods that can be obtained and the prices thereof.

A feature of the invention is the novel manner of arranging andconstructing the parts so that each name plate will be mechanically heldin displaying position thereby showing in full View the name of thearticle listed and the price thereof.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved list rack in one of its forms.

Fig. 2 is a front view of one of the name plates.

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation thereof.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged view illustrating the cooperation of theprojections with the retaining spring.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one end portion of one of the clips.

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one construction of myinvention the numeral 1 designates a frame, which may be of any requiredshape or construction. The numeral 2 designates a plurality of nameplates which in this particular instance are of rectangular formation sothat the two fiat surfaces thereof may have printed or written thereonnames of articles to be sold. Also secured to each plate is a clip 3 forremovably supporting the price slips that are retained in thecompartment 4 arranged at the lower end of the frame. Each end of theplate has secured thereto a stub shaft 5 rotatably supported in theframe so as to reverse the position of the plate. One of the stub shaftsis provided with projections 6 cooperating with the spring 7 that issecured to the frame to resiliently hold the plate ineither of its twopositions. An other feature of this construction is, should the shaft beonly partly turned by the knob 8 the resilient action of the spring inforcibly moving the projections gives the necessary movement to forcethe plate to its displaying position.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing it will be apparent that I provide a list rack that can beefiiciently supported on a wall or any other suitable place wherecustomers can readily view same and determine what articles can bepurchased and the prices thereof thereby preventing unnecessary delayand creating more harmony between the customers and clerks.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin various other manners and the parts associated in other relations,and besides, the construc tion of the plates may be such as to have morethan two displaying surfaces and, therefore, I do not desire to belimited in any manner except as set forth in the claims hereuntoappended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. A list rack comprising a frame, a name plate, stub shafts forrotatably connecting the plate to the frame, one of such shafts beingprovided with a projection, a knob for turning one of the shafts, and aspring'arranged to cooperate with said projection for snapping the plateinto its displaying positions and holding same in such positions.

2. A list rack comprising a rectangular name plate, a shaft supportingthe plate so as to be turned to displaying position, a knob connected tothe shaft, projections on the shaft, a. clip for supporting a price slipon the plate, and a spring secured to the shaft and yieldablycooperating with said 100 projections for forcing and holding said platein either of its displaying positions.

8. A list rack comprising a frame, a rectangular name plate, havingparallel display surfaces, stub shafts for rotatably connecting theplate to the frame, one of such shafts being provided with rectangularshaped projections arranged in alineinent with said plate, a knob forturning one of the shafts, and a leaf spring arranged to 10 have fiatcooperation With said projections for snapping the plate into displayposition and holding the same in such position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' IRVIN A. CARR.

